Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun conformational_entropy

1 sense of conformational entropy

Sense 1
conformational entropy -- (entropy calculated from the probability that a state could be reached by chance alone)
       => randomness, entropy, S -- ((thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity")